Daily Archives: July 7, 2018

SEATTLE, Wa. (CBS Local) – Amazon is looking to continue a tradition that seemed to have ended when Toys “R” Us closed for good on June 29. The online marketplace is reportedly planning to publish their own giant toy catalog during the holiday season. According to Bloomberg, Amazon is looking to keep this childhood favorite going as part of the online ...

Standing in front of the Michigan Central Station, Detroit rapper Big Sean, aka Sean Michael Leonard Anderson, tells MSNBC’s Ari Melber on Friday of all the good that is happening in Detroit with “new businesses everywhere.”
“This is the first time it’ hitting the neighborhoods, and this marks that,” he says of Ford’s plan to develop the train ...

(CBS Local) – The Chick-fil-A cow’s plea for Americans to “eat mor chikin” has apparently paid off. The fast food chain has been named the most popular fast food restaurant in America for the third year in a row. The Chick-fil-A cow. (Photo by Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) is reportedly based on interviews with 22,500 customers who ...

The nagging theme of “A Tale of Two Cities” in places like Detroit continues to remind us of the stark contrast between the haves and have-nots, and that the much-hyped comeback involves very limited areas. Poverty and joblessness are pervasive.
John Gallagher of the Detroit Free Press writes:
Even as thousands of tech-savvy ...

DETROIT (AP) — A boat once used to ferry passengers to an island amusement park in the Detroit River has caught fire at a marina where it’s docked. Officials report that flames engulfed the boat Friday at Riverside Marina northeast of downtown Detroit and that fire crews were dousing the vessel with water. The cause of the blaze was not ...

It’s about as far from a graceful exit as voluntary retirement can be.
William Strampel, the criminally charged former medical dean at Michigan State, won’t get any farewell banquet or tributes from colleagues and students after 19 years at the College of Osteopathic Medicine. Instead, his university’s interim leader gives this sendoff: “His conduct and attitude were ...

MI — Another lawsuit has been filed involving a student reportedly being injured by an educator. Webb Elementary School student Serenity Wadley nearly suffered a severed finger, her attorney said, after an paraprofessional at the Hazel Park School District allegedly slammed her finger in the door as Wadley tried to leave the classroom. The lawsuit was filed July 2 against ...

He takes a licking and still is ticking. He’s down, but not out. He dusts himself off, picks himself up and tries to start again.
Jack Lessenberry, an original and stylish writer, wouldn’t use those cliches — though they fit his summer of re-emergence.
After public criticism by women who say he spoke and acted ...

Ryan Mayer Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have squared off plenty of times with a major on the line throughout the pairs career, but now they two are reportedly planning a possible match with higher stakes: $10 million. According to a report from Golf.com, Woods and Mickelson nearly had the match set up to take place on July 3rd in Las Vegas. ...

EAST LANSING (AP) — The former dean of Michigan State University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine has retired amid criminal charges stemming from the investigation of disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar. The university says William Strampel signed an agreement Thursday to retire effective June 30. Officials say Strampel gets basic retiree health care coverage and $175,000 — less money than he ...